Patriots Place Wes Welker On PUP List To Start Training Camp

Patriots WR Wes Welker tore his ACL and MCL at the end of the 2009 regular season and made an impressive comeback to lightly participate in some of the Pats OTAs in June.

Welker isn’t 100% so the Patriots will be placing him on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list to start training camp.

The last guess on Wes Welker’s return from an ACL injury was that he would start the season on the PUP list making him inactive for the first six games of the season.

The latest guess, according to the Boston Globe, is that it could be a “probability” that he’s back by week one.

Mike Reiss of ESPN.com has offered up an “educated guess” on where Wes Welker might start the season for the Patriots.

Some are wondering if he could even be ready for the season opener on Sept. 12 which would be an amazing feat coming off of knee surgery.

Once thought to be near impossible, some folks are predicting Wes Welker could be ready for the Patriots week one game. Though the odds are against of him returning to pre-injury form, coach Bill Belichick said on Tuesday he was impressed with how hard he’s working.

A recent study suggested players coming off of injuries like the one Wes Welker had will usually return to about 66 percent of their previous production.

Wes Welker reportedly tore his ACL last season and, surprisingly, was on the field for the Patriots OTAs this week. No one is saying he’s completely back but it’s an impressive start to his return to injury. In fact, some are even wondering if he could be ready for the start of the season in September, which many didn’t think would happen.

Welker will return to football -- at some point -- but how effective will he be? The Boston Globe passes along a study that suggests his effectiveness will be severely limited.

It looks as if Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker has more rehabbing to do this off-season.

From NFL.com:

There’s still no official word regard Wes Welker’s injury from Sunday’s loss to the Texans. All that’s known at this point is that he hurt his left knee in the first quarter and did not return. But Welker’s family is fearing the worst after seeing his reaction on the bench before being carted off.

Given that Welker’s left leg buckled while making a juke, and he was seen crying on the sideline, this suggests to me that his injury is related to one of his knee ligaments. Such speculation is preliminary, of course, but FanHouse suggests that his status for the playoffs may be in doubt:

We’ll have more details on Welker’s status as they become available. Stay tuned.